Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan seeks PM’s intervention over Karnataka blocking roads to Kerala
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking urgent intervention over Karnataka police blocking roads to Kerala and thereby disrupting the supply of essential commodities to Kerala.
Kerala government sources said that many trucks with essential commodities were stranded on the borders as they were unable to enter Kerala owing to the roadblocks. This prompted the Chief Minister to seek the centre’s intervention.
According to the letter sent on Friday evening, owing to the action of Karnataka police the Thalassery – Coorg state highway-30 that connects Kerala with Coorg via Veerajapettah was blocked. Hence vehicles carrying essential commodities will have to travel a much longer route to reach Kerala.
